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[diesel4me2]

so my truck developed this sound emenitating from the drivers front,
sounds like bearings, so i replaced them, new pads also. torqued to specs and backed off 1/8 turn. ran great, for a day, now the sound is back. did i miss something? bearings and races were replaced as a set, new seal, packed with grease. oh, it stops when i make a right turn, only to come back when i straighten out. sounds like wheel bearings to me. well i changed them again and guess what, ran great for a day, then came back. checked torque again, still in spec. i'm at a loss. any ideas?
chris

 

[poolguy]

IMHO if the sound goes away on a right turn, it's in the right wheel.
Good luck,
Chuck

 

[towcat]

check your rims for cracks. very common on f350 duallies.

 

[FordGuy100]

The same thing has happened to me. Last summer my wheel bearings sounded like they were going out, they were squeking and everything, so I replaced all the bearings (inner, and outer, with new races and everything, packed them with grease), and it went away for about 2 weeks, and then started to come back. Mine only does it when I turn left going below 20mph, and when I hit a big bump. It's starting to **** me off, I'm gonna start looking for a D60 axle to swap in the place of this POS TTB Dana 44HD.

 

[MUDKICKR]

why is the ttb d44hd a pos? i dont understand why so many people down this frt end. i have a d50 ttb in my trk and love it, great in the mud and offroad, handles great onroad but i guess i got the only good one out there, but the noise, i would ck everything including ball joints and tie rod ends. and it might even be spindle bearingsor u-joint,, if those bearings are bad the axleshaft could move enough to make it squeak, but if its not either of those items i would mic the spindle and then mic the bearings to see if there in spec, the bearing could be spinning on the spindle when its in a bind.

 

[diesel4me2]

thank you for the replys, looks like i'll be under the truck tommrow checking things out
chris

 

[freebird01]

could also be an axle u-joint...ive had them do that on an f150 with the D44

 

[forcefed]

I would go with the U-joint in front axle. Do you have auto locking hubs or manuals. If auto I would be checking those out too??